Guitar attachment.



No. 677,395. Patented luly 2, |90l.

.EK. l GUITAR ATTACHMENT.

(Appl'ination med oct. 1s, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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' piece can be secured to the guitar.

UNITED STATES PATENT 'Y OEETCE.

KILIAN BECK, OFKNEW YORK, NrY.

G UITAR ATTACHM ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part ofA LettersPatent No. 677,395, dated July 2, 1901.

Application filed October 16, 1900.' Serial No. 33,200. (No model.)

York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county ofv Kings and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Guitar Attachments, Y

of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in guitars; and one object of my invention is to provide a new and improved tailpiece for holding metal guitar-strings irmly and securely and on which` such strin gs can be easily and rapidly secured or removed.

A further object of my invention is to provide a new and improved string-grip, which holds the strings securely on the bridge against lateral displacement.

Another object of my invention is to provide a new and improved hand-rest, which forms a convenient rest for theplaying-hand and protects the same from injury by the twisted or knotted ends of the strings on the tailpiece or the projections on the tailpiece and stringgrip.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate like parts in all the views, Figure lis a face view of myimproved tailpiece, string-grip, and hand-rest, the latter shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. '3 is a face View of the hand-rest. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail enlarged sectional views of the tailpiece on the lines 4 4: and 5 5, respectively, of Fig. l.

The tailpiece A is made of sheet metal and has one end A' bent over and provided with holes for screws by means of which the tail- Y At the opposite end the metal is doubled over on the under side to form a pocket B, extending the entire width of the tailpiece at said upper` end. At vsaid upper end a slot C is formed for each string in the top of the tailpiece, the slots extending lengthwise of the tailpiece from the upper end for a distance, say, of about three-eighths of an inch, more or less, and the metal at each side edge of each slot C is bent upto form a wing D, said wings being inclined upward toward each other and gradually increasing in width in the direction from the upper to the lower end of the tailpiece, the slots increasing in width also.

At the ower end of eachvslot C a tapering approximately semicircular depression E is formed in the upper surface of the tailpiece. The ends of the metal strings F are coiled or knotted to form a head Gr, and the strings are passed through the slots C in the direction n rupturned wings D. f

On the wooden bridge-piece H, fastened on the top of the guitar, a metal bridge-strip J is inserted, and on the top of the bridge-piece a metal plate K' is fastened, which is provided in its upper edge part with a series of L-shaped slots K, terminating in a recess M, extending toward the edge at which the slots K begin. One edge of that part of each slot extending in the direction of the string is bent up to form a wing N on that side of the slot corresponding to the direction in which the other shank of the slot extends. The strings before being drawn taut are inserted laterally into the slots K, so as to pass into the recess M and below the wings N,whereby the strings are gripped and held lirmly.

The hand-rest consists of a metal plate O, having a transverse offset or shoulder P, formingjtwo wings R and S in different planes. The wing S is placed 011 the upper part of the tailpiece in such a manner that the wing R extends over the upper end part of the tailpiece and over the string-'grip. A screw Q is passed through a hole in the Wing S and screwed into a threaded boss T on the under side of the tailpiece. The players hand is rested on the smooth upper surface of the wing R and is thus kept out of contactwith the wings on the upper end of the tailpiece and onthe string-grip and the projecting ends of the strings, which are apt to prick and cutV the hand. The hand-rest also affords a riner and better support than the upper end par-t of the tailpiece and the stringgrlp.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desi-re to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A guitar-tailpiece, having one end doubled over on the under side to form a pocket, slots in the top of said pocket extending IOO lengthwise of `the taiipece, the sides(')i'gadgjiI eem; slots being .bent up toward eah ,other `1in f form Wings, substantially as herein set forth.

herein set forth:

2. A guitar-tailpece, having one end donbled over on the under side to form a pocket, tapering slots in the top of s aidpocket extending lengthwise of the tiipieee, tainrmgA sides of the adjacent slot-s being bent up toward each other to form Wings, and depres sions in the upper surface of the taii'piece at the wider ends of the slots, substantially as f 3. A string-grip for guitars' composed LStrip ef metal seeured a bridge andere@ vided with L-sha'p'ed slots lextending inward' v frolnone edge {6E-the strip,`one edge f each sletneingvben up to ferm a wing, snbst-anltially as herein set forth.

Y 4. Awstring-grip for guitars, composed of a strip of sheet metal having slots extending inward from one edge and terminating inress'tiding td'Wa-rd said edge, substantiallyas herein set forth. l n Signed jat N ew York city, in the county of `New York and State of New York, this 9th day of October, A. D. 1900.

im v KILIAN BECK. WHQSSQSL f N.`M. FLANNERY. p 

